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IMPROVEMENT IN WRENCH AND PRUNING-SHEARQ COMBINED.

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TO ALL WHO M IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, JOHN S. KALB, of Fostoria, in the county of Seneca, and State of Ohio, have invented certain'new and useful'Improvements in Pruning-Shears and Wrench Combined; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andcomplete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which-- Figure I'is a side view.

Figure 2.is a top view Figure 3 is a detached view that will be referred to in the description.

Like letters of reference referto like parts in the views.

Thisimplement consists of the two jaws, A B, the jaw A being a part of the shank 0r handle A, and the jaw B pivoted to said shank at a. Thesejaws are of the form represented in the drawing, forming shoulders'at be, and being tapering towards the ends, as shown in figs. 2 and C is a stirrup pivoted to the lower jaw A, as

shown, and extending up over the jaw B, the under side being V-shaped, as indicated by the dotted lines at,

fig. 1, so as to fit into the curved rack D. This stirrup is prevented from being pushed oif the end of the 'j'aw by means ofthe shoulder b, above referred to. E represents a blade inserted in theedge of the jaw, which can be made either straight or curving, as indicated. A blade can also be placed in the lower jaw, as indicated by the dotted linesE, so as to have two knives instead of one. I is a spring placed between the jaws for the par;-

pose of forcing them apart when the hand is removed from them. Whenthese shears are to be used the stirrup arranged as and for the purpose setforth.

can be, secured in place by means of a thumb-screw, which can be attached at one end, and by this meansthe stirrup will form a gauge for trimming hedges, &c. Fig. 3 is an end view of the jaws witlrthe knives attached, and if desired blades can be pivoted to the side of the jaws, indicated by the dotted lines 0, figs. 1 and 3, and thus have the cutting edge on the outside.

This implement can be usedaas a screw-wrench by simply removing the blades E E, or if they are attached to the side of the jaw one of the rivets can be removed and the blade thrown back out of the way, this avoiding the necessity of removingthem. When this is done-the stirrup must be adjusted by moving it on the rackl), thus bringing the jaws nearer to or farther from each other, as desired, according to the size of the nut. By this means the implement can be used for pruning-shears, or a wrench, as may he desired.

. What I claim as my improvement, anddesireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The jaws A B, rack D,-in combination with the spring I and stirrup O, coinbin'ed and operating conjointly, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2, I claim combining the pivoted jaws A B and spring I with one or more movable blades or cutters,

Jenn s. KALB.

Witnesses:

J. H. Bunnmce, R. E. MIX. 

